Zambia 1982 10 ngwee
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Zambia seceded from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in October 1964. A set of sterling coinage was issued in 1966. Zambia converted to decimal coinage in 1969 and this type was issued 1968, 1972, 1978, 1982-83 and 1987, whereupon the denomination was suspended. Zambia has not issued any coinage for circulation since a fifty ngwee of 1992 (KM 30). The reverse features a crowned hornbill.
Recorded mintage: 8,000,000.
Specification: 5.65 g, copper-nickel-zinc, 23.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-12.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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